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Post by supersimonstainrod on May 26, 2020 10:28:44 GMT
The technical brilliance and vision for the game,the imagination,the wilful iconoclasm,the decadence,the philandering,the boozing (the odd narcotic too,) the fondness for a bet,the sartorial flare,the unkempt barnet,the utter disdain for training regimes,a manager's authority and physical laws as to what was possible on the pitch and a self-destructive streak a mile wide. Best,Hudson,Maradona,Bowles et al possessed the lot,but this guy must be the ultimate in unfulfilled talent: www.thesportsman.com/features/maverick-robin-friday-loved-lsd-before-games-and-kissing-coppers-when-he-scoredHis star burned out after only four years as a professional,anyone on here actually see him play? |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on May 26, 2020 10:30:37 GMT
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Post by lagwafis on May 26, 2020 11:13:06 GMT
The Berkshire Jesé
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Post by northstaffycher on May 26, 2020 12:08:35 GMT
Good heavens. Football on acid, makes a change from Worthington E and a No.6.
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Post by sheds1862 on May 26, 2020 12:12:29 GMT
Never saw him but after reading his Wiki he has gone up in my estimation
Kicking Mark Lawrenson in the face
You beauty
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Post by bayernoatcake on May 26, 2020 12:24:05 GMT
Genuinely thought it was going to be a thread about how one of them was a fan  |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on May 26, 2020 12:25:36 GMT
Genuinely thought it was going to be a thread about how one of them was a fan Me too😂 |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2020 14:38:17 GMT
There seems to be little or no footage of Friday playing. Read his book a while back. Terry Curran another player that era who was capable of brilliance
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Post by stokeson on May 26, 2020 14:51:41 GMT
I thought this thread was about "The Mavericks " by Rob Steen (English football when flair wore flares). Best,Bowles,Currie,George,Hudson,Marsh,Osgood and the king Frank Worthington .What a great list of players.........
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Post by sheds1862 on May 26, 2020 15:00:39 GMT
Was it Bowles who used to go in the bookies by the QPR ground in his kit just before kick off ?
Probably with a fag on the go too
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Post by somersetstokie on May 26, 2020 16:26:19 GMT
Stan Bowles. It was always said that he could pass a Ball, but he couldn't pass a Betting Shop.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2020 16:29:34 GMT
Was it Bowles who used to go in the bookies by the QPR ground in his kit just before kick off ? Probably with a fag on the go too I Saw Stan Bowles on a bus once. He looked like a down and out. He tried to legalise amphetamines for footballers at one stage. Alfie Conn was another nutter at the time. Played for Rangers and Celtic, unheard of back then , went to Spurs and obscurity |
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Post by sheds1862 on May 26, 2020 16:33:55 GMT
Was it Bowles who used to go in the bookies by the QPR ground in his kit just before kick off ? Probably with a fag on the go too I Saw Stan Bowles on a bus once. He looked like a down and out. He tried to legalise amphetamines for footballers at one stage. Alfie Conn was another nutter at the time. Played for Rangers and Celtic, unheard of back then , went to Spurs and obscurity I presume it's the same bloke as obscure name. He ended up at Blackpool I remember, don't think played much , probably just swilled in The Jaggy Thistle |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2020 16:44:40 GMT
I Saw Stan Bowles on a bus once. He looked like a down and out. He tried to legalise amphetamines for footballers at one stage. Alfie Conn was another nutter at the time. Played for Rangers and Celtic, unheard of back then , went to Spurs and obscurity I presume it's the same bloke as obscure name. He ended up at Blackpool I remember, don't think played much , probably just swilled in The Jaggy Thistle His Dad was a character as well, former player. Alfie Conn Jr later played in the USA. Had incredible skill but made Stan Bowles look like John Craven off the pitch. He went to Derby but think never actually turned up to play. One of the first Panini stickers I ever had. I think he was at Blackpool but soon did his usual vanishing act. |
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on May 26, 2020 19:25:57 GMT
 Robin Friday....as per the SFA song"The man don't give a...." |
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on May 26, 2020 19:31:46 GMT
...and again off wiki....
After Reading went four games without a win starting on 24 January 1976, a late goal from Friday ended this run on 25 February, in a home match against Hartlepool United; twelve minutes from time, he collected a pass from Stewart Henderson and neatly placed the ball past the goalkeeper from the edge of the penalty area. "One is increasingly under the impression", the Evening Post reported, "that if Friday was out for some time through injury the Reading team would fall to pieces".[64] Led by the free-scoring Friday, the side continued its push for promotion; fourth or higher would be enough to go up. A vital fixture on 31 March 1976 pitted fourth-placed Reading at home against Tranmere Rovers, who occupied third spot;[65] internationally experienced referee Clive Thomas took charge of the game. Friday, who had already scored 18 goals that season, rose to the occasion with an effort that has been described by many sources as one of the greatest ever scored.[10][56][66][67]
With the score 2–0 to Reading, the goalkeeper Steve Death threw the ball to the right back Gary Peters, who spotted Friday standing near the left-hand corner of the opposing penalty area. Peters passed high and diagonally across the pitch towards his forward, who jumped into the air and used his chest to cushion the ball and knock it into the air with his back to goal, about 25–30 yards away from the net. As Friday landed, he ferociously powered the ball towards goal, kicking over his shoulder and turning after the ball had gone. The shot flew straight into the top-right-hand corner of the net, stunning the crowd, players and Thomas, the referee, who put his hands over his head in disbelief. "I'll never forget it", Thomas recalled. "It was the sheer ferocity of the shot on the volley ... over his shoulder. ... If it hadn't gone into the top corner of the net it would have broken the goalpost. Even up against the likes of Pelé and Cruyff, that rates as the best goal I have ever seen." Reading went on to win the game 5–0.[n 3] When Thomas told Friday after the game that he had never seen a better goal, the Londoner replied, "Really? You should come down here more often, I do that every week."[68]
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Post by Dutchpeter on May 26, 2020 20:18:43 GMT
Robin Friday....as per the SFA song"The man don't give a...." The goalkeeper is the late Milija Aleksic From Newcastle under Lyme, and cup winner for spurs in 1981. |
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